Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Madagascar Coucal (Centropus toulou) - HBW 4, p. 589

French: Coucal toulou German: Tulukuckuck Spanish: Cucal Malgache
Other common names: Malagasy Coucal, Black Coucal

Taxonomy: Cuculus Toulou P. L. S. Müller, 1776, Madagascar.
Sometimes regarded as conspecific with C. grillii, but voices of the two differ; also occasionally considered to include C. bengalensis. Extinct population of Assumption I sometimes awarded separate race, assumptionis. Two subspecies normally recognized.

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